The 1955 Act gave powers for compulsory acquisition of "easements", or permission to tunnel beneath dwelling houses instead of, as had previously been necessary, following approximately the course of surface roads.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel.

Sense（3）

(computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).

Sense（4）

(transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.

Sense（5）

(physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.

tunnels

（ present singular third-person ）

tunnelling

（ UK participle present ）

tunneling

（ US participle present ）

tunnelled

（ UK participle past ）

tunnelled

（ UK past ）

tunneled

（ US participle past ）

tunneled

（ US past ）

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